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1.nounAn act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
2.nounA connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
3.nounThe shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
4.nounAn abnormal passage between body channels.
5.nounA passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
6.nounA switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
7.nounA minor collision between vehicles.
8.verbTo cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
9.verbTo divert to a less important place, position, or state.
10.verbTo provide with a shunt."to shunt a galvanometer"
11.verbTo move data in memory to a physical disk.
12.verbTo divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
13.verbTo move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
14.verbTo have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
15.verbTo divert the flow of a body fluid.
16.verbTo turn aside or away; to divert.